Her character was useless, but it probably wasn't Jaimie Alexander's fault. Look at her co-stars. Ray Stevenson is a great and capable actor for "warrior with a sword," and I had absolutely no idea what his character's name was until the credits rolled. Without a doubt, that is a symptom of bad directing and editing.

I'm also starting to think Natalie Portman's acting is very overrated. It was easy to give her a pass for Leon because of her character's nature, and the Star Wars flicks for obvious reasons... But she hasn't impressed me in a single thing. Is she really an A-lister just because Mila Kunis went down on her?

As I've said before in Thor threads... the casting director was either a straight woman or a gay man. When your female lead amounts to a beautiful face on a wooden peg, don't pick a genuine bombshell for a supporting role. In fact, that's a good basic litmus test for female casting. Take away both their celebrity status, let them both handle their own clothes, hair, and makeup, and put them both at the bar in any singles club. If 95% of men would choose "the ugly friend" over "the gorgeous lead actress" any day of the week, you need to reconsider your casting choices.

clkeagle:As I've said before in Thor threads... the casting director was either a straight woman or a gay man. When your female lead amounts to a beautiful face on a wooden peg, don't pick a genuine bombshell for a supporting role. In fact, that's a good basic litmus test for female casting. Take away both their celebrity status, let them both handle their own clothes, hair, and makeup, and put them both at the bar in any singles club. If 95% of men would choose "the ugly friend" over "the gorgeous lead actress" any day of the week, you need to reconsider your casting choices.

Considering her amazing rack, it's kinda surprising how often Kat Dennings winds up in roles that bury her boobs under loose sweaters and the like. Both in Thor and most of the time in 2 Broke Girls (her waitress uniform that she wears about 80% of the time), she's basically not showing off anything sexy.

hstein3:There's also a rumor circulating that Dr. Strange will be in this movie. So there's that.

Hmm.

I wonder how that's going to mesh with the whole "magic as sufficiently advanced technology" thing they've been doing in the movies thus far. If there's a Doc Strange, does he do real magic, or is it all magitech?

clkeagle:I'm also starting to think Natalie Portman's acting is very overrated. It was easy to give her a pass for Leon because of her character's nature, and the Star Wars flicks for obvious reasons... But she hasn't impressed me in a single thing.

clkeagle:Her character was useless, but it probably wasn't Jaimie Alexander's fault. Look at her co-stars. Ray Stevenson is a great and capable actor for "warrior with a sword," and I had absolutely no idea what his character's name was until the credits rolled. Without a doubt, that is a symptom of bad directing and editing.

At least Sif damaged the Destroyer. Volstagg just got his ass kicked in every scene.

Neeek:clkeagle: As I've said before in Thor threads... the casting director was either a straight woman or a gay man. When your female lead amounts to a beautiful face on a wooden peg, don't pick a genuine bombshell for a supporting role. In fact, that's a good basic litmus test for female casting. Take away both their celebrity status, let them both handle their own clothes, hair, and makeup, and put them both at the bar in any singles club. If 95% of men would choose "the ugly friend" over "the gorgeous lead actress" any day of the week, you need to reconsider your casting choices.

Considering her amazing rack, it's kinda surprising how often Kat Dennings winds up in roles that bury her boobs under loose sweaters and the like. Both in Thor and most of the time in 2 Broke Girls (her waitress uniform that she wears about 80% of the time), she's basically not showing off anything sexy.

A million times this. Why the fark is Kat Dennings in Thor, but her boobs aren't?? What a waste of tits.